PHILADELPHIA — Do you travel with the team?
The last bus to Lincoln Financial Field was reserved for VIP guests — see: corporate sponsors — and allegedly the media, though none of the latter had taken that ride in my early years as a beat reporter.Surprisingly that last bus had other recognizable stowaways in a few players, who didn’t seem to mind a reporter or two tagging along for a behind-the-scenes look into one of sports’ ultimate stadium approaches.
Ideally, there won’t be a fan shooting off a flare gun, as one did in the brawl-filled stands during the 49ers’ 1997 visit on Monday Night Football, which led to Philadelphia adding an on-site courtroom for future incidents.